Perplexity is hiring a
Site Reliability Engineer

Summary

Join Perplexity's small team in revolutionizing the way people search and interact with the internet. As a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), you will lead the design, implementation, and scaling of infrastructure and systems that support web and mobile products.

Requirements

• Strong experience with cloud infrastructure built on AWS
• Proficient in database management and caching strategies
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to analyze, debug, and resolve complex technical issues
• Experience working with containers (Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration tools
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Experience with Python and Terraform
• 4+ years of SRE experience

Responsibilities

• Design and implement highly available, high-performance, and scalable systems
• Maintain and optimize key-value and relational databases
• Scale and load balance web server backends to meet rapidly changing needs
• Monitor systems and applications, proactively identifying and resolving reliability, scalability, or performance issues
• Develop monitoring tools, alerts, and dashboards to provide visibility into system health and performance
• Collaborate with product engineering and security engineering teams to develop scalable automations

Benefits

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents. Includes a 401(k) plan